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You what we know and don't know. at about 6:30 last night, an alert t-shirt vendor, who is a vietnam veteran, noticed an unoccupied, suspicious vehicle on 7th avenue. he alerted police officer wayne ratigan of the nypd mountain unit who was on his horse patrolling times square. he saw the vehicle, a nissan pathfinder, which had smoke merging from vents near the backseat and also smelled gun powder. he, with the help of police officers assigned to operation impact, immediately evacuated the area and called for the fire department and more police. firefighters, emergency service officers and the...

Bomb-making materials in the car. the experts at the bomb squad are removing them as we speak. who abandoned the car and why are under investigation by the nypd. commissioner kelly will fill you in on the details, but i want to thank the professionals at the nypd as well as the fire department for their work. but most of all, the alert vendor and officer ratigan of the mountain unit. we often say when the terrorist is caught, he has a map of new york city in his pocket. that's the conversation i had earlier tonight in washington and tonight is a further independent kag of the dangers we face. ...

>> thanks to alert new yorkers and professional police officers, we avoided what could have been a very deadly event. i'm going to begin by telling you what we know and what we don't know. at about 6:30 last night an alert t-shirt vendor who is a vietnam veteran noticed an unoccupied suspicious vehicle just a few blocks from where we are standing. he alert ad police officer from the nypd mountain unit, who was on his horse patrolling times square. officer ratigan saw the vehicle, a nissan pathfinder which had smoke coming from the backseat and he also smelled gun powder. he with the help of po...